Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-29
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
An interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences OF
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
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-Gambrinus Assembly knights Of Labor,
of Milwaukee, is getting ready to secede from
the order on account of the temperance
views held by General Master Workman
Powderly. Local heads of the order have
edon everything in their power to stay
the rebellion, but without avail Gam
brinus Assembly is the most numerous
and wealthiest organization in Milwaukee,
and has from LOCO to 1900 members.
The employees of the breweries are practically
unanimous as they cannot remain in the order
under the circumstances. At a recent meet
ing committee was appointed to confer with
the brewers and ascertain when the contract
made for one year in May would be effected.
If they left the order there is little doubt but
that the desired assurance will be given, and
when it is the assembly will step out and form
an independent organization
A movement h been inaugurated among
tile leading business men of Buffalo to raise a
fund of 100000, which will be offered as a
prize for the best invention TOR utilizing the
water power of the Niagara river COMPETE
ton will be open to the world.
r. N. Thomas has been elected vice-presi-
dent of the New York stock exchange, to sue
coed the late Alfred B. Hill.
David L. Wightman, secretary of the
philanthropist, Is dead.
Mrs. James Smith, of Four Mile Run,
Pennsylvania, was fatally burned while at
tempting to light her fire with kerosene
Nothing SO often gets the start of the fool
killer as the oll-can.
"A petition signed by residents of Mineral
City which is one neutral strip known as
No Mans land, lying south of Kansas has
been received by the president, deprccatng
his failure to sign the bill passed by both
houses Of congress at the last session, annex
ing No Mans land to the State Of Kansas. The
petitioners represent that for years past that
country has been monopolized by large and
influential cattle companies, many of whom
are foreign corporations, which have fenced
off for their own purpose thousands of acres
| of valuable land, and whose every aim is to
keep out honest and Woodworking farmers.
| The petition states that from twenty to thirty
families are Gai]y entering the strip and To-
eating and building homes and breaking
ground for crops; railroads are making sur
veys, and some are about commencing Ia
grade; towns are springing up, peop!e are
spending their motley in building, and yet
they cannot get title to the ground their
buildings are upon, and business is impcdcd
because trade is imp! elected The petitioners
ask that their statements be investigated and
such action taken as will best protect them
in their rights.
A large fire at Ipswich, D. T., destroyed
the Prior house and livery barn, Ipswich no
tol, Rodman's two large store buildings, Sui
lcy's livery Stable and Stage line, Julia Cliff
Cards office, Judge stursis residence and a
few dwellings The entire loss will be s25,-
GO Only a year ago that city suffered
from fire as destructive. All the turned
buildings will be at once rebuilt
Strong pressure was brought to bear on
Governor Thayer for Communication of Hotf-
mans sentence, who was to hang at Nebraska
City the 22d, for wrecking the Missouri Pa
citic at Dunbar last winter. The governor,
however, declined to interfere with carrying
out the sentence.
Close upon the heels of the New Mexico
earthquake at Bavispo, come the details of a
still greater calamity at Bacariac town
twenty miles from Bavispo. 1t had before
the catastrophe $4,000 inhabitants. When
Bavispo was destroyed the town was badly
shaken up. Since then the town of Bacariac
has been visited by succession of shocks that
have reduced the whole town to ruins Most
of the people escaped, as they feel the country
| Reconstruction Oh the first disturbance.